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Online General Sale No. 87 Bidding closes at 5pm AEST on Friday 7th August 2026 Note: You can now zoom in on large photos. Click on thumbnail to see large photo.
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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KANGAROO ISSUES, FIRST WATERMARK
Lot 98 | [ **/* ] |
½d Green (ragged perfs at right), 1d Red Die II, 2d Grey (MUH), 2½d Blue, 3d Olive Die 1, 4d Orange, 5d Brown (toned gum), 6d Blue, 9d Violet, and 1/- Green, all large part OG and generally fine. 6d with 2021 Scott Starling Certificate. BW cat AU$2320 (10)  | ||
| Lot 99 | [ CTO ] |
½d, 1d, 2d, 2½d, 3d, 4d, 5d, 6d, 9d, 1/- and 5/- with MELBOURNE DE 3 13 CTO datestamp, 2d, 2½d, 3d, 5d, 6d. 9d, 1/- and 5- without gum, otherwise fine (10)  | ||
| Lot 100 | [ CTO ] |
Range of MELBOURNE DE 3 13 CTO cancels, some duplication, with ½d, 2d (2), 2½d, 5d (2), 6d, 9d (2), 1/- (3) and 5/- (2), also 1/- DE 5 13 quarter cancel, all without gum (15)  | ||
| Lot 101 | [ P ] |
1d Die II Line Perf 12½ Colour Trial in Green on unwatermarked gummed paper, imperforate at top and with indistinct marks at upper right, some perf defects. These trials were printed from the first printing plate made, which was rejected as defective due to a number of coloured flaws on many stamps, especially in the words 'ONE PENNY' (note spot at top of first 'N' of 'PENNY'). A rare proof with nine examples recorded, of which three are institutionalised. BW 3PP(2)A, cat AU$12500  | ||
| Lot 102 | [ O ] |
1d Red Die I variety '1 Flaw West of Tasmania' (Plate B L40, second state), fine used. BW 2(B)fa, cat AU$150  | ||
| Lot 103 | [ O ] |
1d Red Die I variety '1 Flaw West of Tasmania' (Plate B, L40 second state), slight bend otherwise fine used. BW 2(B)fa, cat AU$150  | ||
| Lot 104 | [ O ] |
1d Kangaroo small group of used plate varieties, with Die I, Plate B L24 ('White Scratch in Bight'), Plate C L38 ('White Flaw in Gulf of Carpentaria'); Die II, Plate E L25 ('Two Tasmanias' State II), L55 ('White Flaw Left of P of Postage State II), Plate F R6 (White Flaw on Right Side of A of AUST'); Die IIA, Plate G R37 ('Break in Right Frame Opposite Tasmania'), R48 ('Vertical Scratch Through Last A of AUSTRALIA'), Plate H L33 ('Break in Right Side of Value Circle'), Plate K L38 ('White flaw Under U of AUST'). Couple of stamps with rounded corners, mostly good to fine. BW cat AU$535  | ||
| Lot 105 | [ O ] |
1d Red Die II variety 'Watermark Sideways' (top of crown pointing right), fine used with machine cancel and with 'SB' perfin. We do not recall seeing this stamp with a perfin before. BW 3aa, cat AU$500  | ||
| Lot 106 | [ O ] |
2d Grey variety 'Watermark Inverted' rejoined vertical pair with varieties 'Scratch from First E of PENCE to Map' and 'Scratch from Value Circle Through Map to T of POSTAGE' (2L28/34), one short perf at right but a scarce combination. BW 5a, cat AU$200 plus premium for plate varieties  | ||
| Lot 107 | [ O ] |
2½d Indigo and Light Bluish-indigo punctured Small 'OS', the first with rounded top right corner. BW 9A,Bba, cat AU$700 (2)  | ||
| Lot 108 | [ O ] |
2½d Indigo Punctured Small 'OS', light horizontal crease otherwise fine. BW 9bb, cat AU$350  | ||
| Lot 109 | [ O ] |
3d Olive Die I Punctured Large 'OS' fine used. BW 12Aba, cat AU$125  | ||
| Lot 110 | [ O ] |
3d Olive-green and 3d Olive Die II, both variety 'Watermark Inverted' with cds cancels, latter one short perf. BW 12Ca, 12Baa, cat AU$1225 (2)  | ||
| Lot 111 | [ O ] |
3d Olive Die II Punctured Small 'OS', couple of shortish perfs at upper left, otherwise fine. BW 12Bbd, cat AU$500  | ||
| Lot 112 | [ ** ] |
4d Orange light horizontal bend and small mark adjoining Queensland coast, MUH. BW cat AU$1000  | ||
| Lot 113 | [ O ] |
4d Punctured Small 'OS' examples on Deep Orange, Orange and Pale Orange shades, very fine with cds cancels. BW 15A,C,Dbb, cat AU$900 (3)  | ||
| Lot 114 | [ O ] |
5d Chestnut used pair, right unit variety 'Retouch to Shading and Right Frame Off Queensland' (Plate 2, R42), both stamps with some perf tips toned. BW 16(2)f, cat AU$750  | ||
| Lot 115 | [ O ] |
5d Punctured Small 'OS' examples in Chestnut, Pale Chestnut and Deep Chestnut shades, fine used with cds cancels. BW 16A,B,Cbb, cat AU$375 (3)  | ||
| Lot 116 | [ * ] |
6d Blue large part OG, one perf at top short  | ||
| Lot 117 | [ O ] |
6d Blue Punctured Small 'OS' variety 'Watermark Inverted' cancelled Mt. Gambier cds, trimmed perfs along base a little short at right, otherwise fine and rare. BW 17a/bc, cat AU$4000 (see footnote 3)  | ||
| Lot 118 | [ * ] |
9d Violet large part OG, slightly toned gum  | ||
| Lot 119 | [ ** ] |
2/- Brown centered upper left, fine MUH. BW cat AU$2750  | ||
| Lot 120 | [ * ] |
2/- Brown large part OG, couple of shortish perfs at left. BW cat AU$650  | ||
| Lot 121 | [ CTO ] |
£1 Brown and Blue cancelled-to-order with MELBOURNE cds DE 5/13 quarter cancel for Federal Parliamentary sets, fine with no gum. BW 51wc, cat AU$4500  | ||
